Free online ODT to MP4 converter

Some presentation systems, televisions, and video platforms accept MP4 but cannot display an ODT document. Converting the document makes its pages play as a timed, usually silent slideshow.

What the ODT format is

ODT (OpenDocument Text) is an editable word-processing document format used for reports, letters, and other page-based documents. LibreOffice Writer and Apache OpenOffice Writer create ODT files; Microsoft Word and other office software can also open them.

What the MP4 format is

MP4 is a multimedia container commonly used for video playback on phones, computers, televisions, and web platforms. It supports widely compatible video codecs such as H.264. An ODT has no motion or soundtrack, so conversion typically renders each page as a still image displayed for a set time.

How to convert ODT to MP4

Online on 101convert.com

1. Upload the ODT file on the converter page. You can add several files for batch conversion; the per-file size limit is shown on the page.
2. Set show each page for to choose how long each document page appears.
3. Start the conversion, then download the MP4 file.

Offline with desktop software

LibreOffice, Poppler, and FFmpeg

This free workflow runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. LibreOffice exports the document to PDF, Poppler renders the PDF pages as images, and FFmpeg encodes those images as video.

1. Open the ODT in LibreOffice Writer and choose File → Export As → Export as PDF. Alternatively, from a terminal run libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf --outdir work input.odt.
2. Render the PDF pages to PNG images with Poppler's pdftoppm: pdftoppm -png -r 150 work/input.pdf work/page. This creates files such as page-1.png.
3. With FFmpeg installed, create a 30-frame-per-second MP4 that holds each page for five seconds: ffmpeg -framerate 1/5 -i work/page-%d.png -vf "scale=1920:1080:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease:force_divisible_by=2,pad=1920:1080:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2,format=yuv420p" -r 30 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p output.mp4. Change 1/5 to a different reciprocal frame rate to set another page duration.

Adobe Acrobat Pro and Premiere Pro

For a commercial workflow, export the ODT from LibreOffice as PDF, then use Acrobat Pro to export the PDF pages as numbered PNG images. In Premiere Pro, import and arrange the images, set their still-image duration, and choose File → Export → Media; select H.264 for an MP4 output.

Quality and limitations

The video shows rendered page images rather than editable or searchable document text. Page layout and legibility depend on the PDF rendering resolution; 150 dpi is a practical starting point, while small print may require a higher value. Check page breaks and fonts in the PDF before encoding, and choose a page duration long enough for viewers to read each page.